JP2017215069A - refrigerator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a refrigerator which provides depth to touch and contact sound of a cover being opened or closed when a container of a chilled room is drawn.SOLUTION: A refrigerator has: a chilled room 42; an upper container 72 which is disposed in the chilled room 42 so as to move in a fore and aft direction; and a cover 90 which is disposed at a front end part of a ceiling surface 58 of the chilled room 42 and covers a front upper side of the upper container 72. The cover 90 has a closing part including a frame member 122 and a glass plate 124 disposed in the frame member 122.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  Embodiments of the present invention relate to refrigerators.

  Conventionally, a refrigerator chamber is provided with a chilled chamber in which food such as meat, fish and dairy products are stored. The chilled chamber is provided with a container for storing these foods, and the front of the container is closed by a cover provided at the front end of the ceiling surface of the chilled chamber.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-15487 JP 2009-36457 A

  Since the cover of the chilled chamber is made of synthetic resin, there is a problem in that the weight of the cover is light, the touch when the cover is opened and closed, and the contact sound between parts is light, and the operability is impaired.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator that can provide a feeling of touch and sound with respect to opening and closing of a cover when a container in a chilled chamber is pulled out.

  Embodiments of the present invention include a chilled chamber, a container disposed in the chilled chamber so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, a cover disposed at the front end of the ceiling plate of the chilled chamber, and covering at least the front upper side of the container; The cover is a refrigerator having a closing plate including a frame member and a glass plate provided in the frame member.

The front view of the refrigerator which shows one Embodiment of this invention. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of a refrigerator. The front view of a chilled room. The perspective view of an upper container. The right view of an upper container. The left view of an upper container. The perspective view of the ceiling surface and cover of a chilled room. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of a cover. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled chamber of the state which accommodates the upper container. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled chamber of the state which pulled out the upper container a little. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled chamber of the state which pulled out the upper container further. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled chamber of the state which pulled out the upper container most. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled chamber of the state where the foreign material was pinched | interposed into the cover. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled chamber of the state which pulled up the cover. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled chamber in the state where the cover is pulled up most and foreign matter is separated. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled room of the state which is going to close a door vigorously. A longitudinal view of the chilled chamber with the door closing. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled chamber in the state where the door is going to close further. The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the chilled chamber of the state which attached a cover and has a contactor on a control piece.

  Hereinafter, the refrigerator 10 of embodiment is demonstrated based on FIGS.

(1) Structure of the refrigerator 10 The structure of the refrigerator 10 is demonstrated based on FIGS. 1-3. FIG. 1 is a front view of the refrigerator 10, and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view as seen from the side of the refrigerator 10.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cabinet 12 of the refrigerator 10 is a heat insulating box, which is formed by an inner box and an outer box, and a heat insulating material is filled between them. The cabinet 12 includes a refrigerator compartment 14, a vegetable compartment 16, a small freezer compartment 18, and a freezer compartment 20 in order from the top. An ice making room 21 is provided beside the small compartment 18. A horizontal heat insulating partition 36 is provided between the vegetable compartment 16, the small freezer compartment 18 and the ice making compartment 21. The refrigerator compartment 14 and the vegetable compartment 16 are partitioned by a horizontal partition 38. In front of the refrigerator compartment 14, a double door left door 14 a and a right door 14 b are provided. In the vegetable compartment 16, a drawer type vegetable door 16 a is provided, and in the small freezer compartment 18, the freezer compartment 20, and the ice making compartment 21. Are also provided with drawer-type doors 18a, 20a and 21a, respectively.

  In the refrigerator compartment 14, a plurality of glass shelves 40 are provided horizontally, and a chilled chamber 42 is provided at the lower part. A plurality of door pockets 44 are provided on the rear surfaces of the left and right doors 14 a and 14 b of the refrigerator compartment 14. The chilled chamber 42 will be described in detail later. In the vegetable compartment 16, a drawer-type vegetable container 46 is provided.

  A refrigeration evaporator (hereinafter referred to as “R EVA”) 28 is provided from the lower rear surface of the refrigerator compartment 14 to the rear surface of the vegetable compartment 16, and a refrigeration blower (hereinafter referred to as “R fan”) 30 is provided below the evaporator. Is provided. The R EVA 28 and the R fan 30 are arranged in an R EVA chamber 27 that is a cooling chamber surrounded by an EVA cover 48.

  A cold air passage 50 extends upward from the R-evaporation chamber 27 along the back surface of the refrigerating chamber 14, and a plurality of outlets 52 are provided in the cold air passage 50, and cold air is blown out from the outlets 52 to the refrigerating chamber 14. . Further, a blow-out port 54 is also provided on the back surface of the chilled chamber 42 so that cold air is blown out into the chilled chamber 42.

  A freezing evaporator (hereinafter referred to as “F-eva”) 32 is provided in the F-evaporating chamber 31 from the rear surface of the small freezing chamber 18 and the ice making chamber 21 to the rear surface of the freezing chamber 20. (Hereinafter referred to as “F fan”) 34 is provided. A defrost heater (not shown) is provided below the F EVA 32.

  A machine room 22 is provided at the bottom of the rear surface of the cabinet 11, and a compressor 24 and the like constituting the refrigeration cycle are placed thereon. A control plate 26 is provided on the upper rear surface of the machine room 22.

(2) Chilled room 42
Next, the chilled chamber 42 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 3, the chilled chamber 42 is arranged on the right side of the bottom of the refrigerator compartment 14, and a water tank 56 is provided on the left side thereof. This water tank 56 is used to supply ice making water to an ice making tray of an ice making device provided inside the ice making chamber 20.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the chilled chamber 42 includes a ceiling surface 58, a left side surface 60, a right side surface 62, a bottom surface 64, and a rear surface 66, and the front is open. Inside the chilled chamber 42, an upper container 72 and a lower container 74 made of synthetic resin are arranged in two upper and lower stages. The left side surface 60 also serves as a member that partitions the water tank 56, and the right side surface 62 also serves as the right side surface of the refrigerator compartment 14. The rear surface 66 has the cold air outlet 54 described above. As shown in FIG. 7, the ceiling surface 58 is horizontally disposed, and includes a synthetic resin frame member 68 and a rectangular glass plate 70 disposed on the inner peripheral side of the frame member 68. A cover 90 is rotatably provided at the front end of the ceiling surface 58 and covers the upper front of the upper container 72.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the upper container 72 has a left side surface 76 and a right side surface 78. The dish is formed of a front surface 80, a rear surface 82, and a bottom surface 84, and is open upward. A handle 86 is cut out at the lower center of the front surface 80 of the upper container 72.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a left bulging portion 92 extends upward at the front portion of the left side surface 76 of the upper container 72. On the outer peripheral surface of the left bulge portion 92, a linear cam 94 is provided on the ridge in the front-rear direction. The linear cam 94 is provided so as to be downward as it extends forward. The rear portion of the linear cam 94 is more gradually inclined than the front portion and becomes substantially horizontal, and then continues to the left bulging portion 92 and the flange portion 96 of the left side surface 76. A step piece 98 is continuously provided at the front end of the linear cam 94. The step piece 98 inclines downward as it moves forward from the inclination of the linear cam 94, becomes substantially horizontal at the height of the front surface 80, and is continuous with the upper end portion of the front surface 80. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a restricting piece 100 is provided on the protrusion on the front edge of the upper edge portion of the left bulging portion 92 and above the linear motion cam 94. The restricting piece 100 has the same length as the inclined portion of the linear motion cam 94 and is arranged in parallel. Further, the front end portion of the regulating piece 100 is bent downward to form a bent portion 102. A space 104 is provided between the lower end portion of the bent portion 102, the front end portion of the linear cam 94 and the step piece 98. A rail protrusion 106 is provided in the front-rear direction below the linear cam 94 on the left side surface 76 of the upper container 72.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the right bulging portion 108 is also provided at the front portion of the right side surface 78 of the upper container 72, and the right side linear motion cam 110 is provided symmetrically with the left side linear motion cam 94. A flange portion 112 is provided from the rear end portion of the linear cam 110, and a step portion 114 is provided from the front end portion. The right restriction piece 116 is shorter than the left restriction piece 100 and is provided only above the stepped portion 114 and above the front portion of the linear cam 110. A bent portion 118 is provided at the front end of the right regulating piece 116. A rail protrusion 120 is also provided on the right side surface 78 in the front-rear direction.

  A pair of left and right rails 61, 61 are provided in the front-rear direction on the left side surface 60 and the right side surface 62 of the chilled chamber 42, and the pair of left and right rail protrusions 106, 120 move in the front-rear direction along these. As a result, the upper container 72 can move in the chilled chamber 42 in the front-rear direction and can be pulled out.

  The lower container 74 has a flat rectangular dish shape, is placed on the bottom surface 64 of the chilled chamber 42, and can be pulled forward. In addition, a handle 88 is cut out at the upper center of the front surface of the lower container 74.

(3) Cover 90
Next, the cover 90 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3, 7, and 8. FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the cover 90 has the same width as the ceiling surface 58 of the chilled chamber 42, and the height is from the ceiling surface 58 to the upper end portion of the front surface 80 of the upper container 72. As shown in FIG. 7, the cover plate 132 of the cover 90 includes a frame member 122 made of a rectangular synthetic resin and a rectangular glass plate 124 provided on the inner peripheral side of the frame member 122. Both the left and right upper end portions of the frame member 122 are recessed inward, and a pair of left and right rotating shafts 126 and 126 project horizontally from the recess toward the outside. The pair of left and right rotating shafts 126 and 126 are rotatably engaged with a pair of left and right support arm portions 71 and 71 protruding from both left and right ends of the frame member 68 of the ceiling surface 58.

  Triangular follower arms 128, 128 protrude rearward from the left and right sides of the closing plate 132. A cylindrical contact 130 projects from the triangular tip of the follower arm 128 and from the inside thereof.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the frame member 122 is integrally formed with the glass plate 124 and is covered with the inner edge portion of the frame member 122 over the entire circumference of the outer edge portion of the glass plate 124. As the glass plate 124, tempered glass defined in JIS R3206: 2003 is used. Note that tempered glass in a broad sense including the JIS standard may be used. Further, the glass plate 124 is colorless and transparent, so that the food stored in the upper container 72 can be seen through.

  The glass plate 124 of the cover 90 has a higher transparency than the glass plate 70 of the ceiling surface 58. Further, the glass plate 124 of the cover 90 is formed thinner than the glass plate 70 of the ceiling surface 58.

(4) Storage and withdrawal state of upper container 72 The storage and withdrawal states of the upper container 72 in the chilled chamber 42 will be described.

  First, a state where the door 14b of the refrigerator compartment 14 is closed and the upper container 72 and the lower container 74 are stored in the chilled chamber 42 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 9, the front surface 80 of the upper container 72 and the front surface of the lower container 74 are positioned side by side in the vertical direction, and the space above the front of the upper container 72 is covered with a cover 90. At this time, the contact 130 of the follower arm portion 128 protruding rearward from the cover 90 is located inside (rear side) of the bent portion 102 at the front end of the restriction piece 100. The door pocket 44 provided on the rear surface of the door 14b of the refrigerator compartment 14 is located in front of the chilled chamber 42. The rear surface of the door pocket 44 is the front of the cover 90, the front surface 80 of the upper container 72, and the front surface of the lower container 74. Is located. The same applies to the right side of the upper container 72.

  Second, when the user opens the door 14b, the chilled chamber 42 appears as shown in FIG. Therefore, the user places a hand on the handle portion 86 of the upper container 72 and pulls only the upper container 72 forward. As shown in FIG. 10, the rail protrusions 106 and 120 of the upper container 72 move forward along the rails 61 and 61. Further, since the restricting piece 100 also moves forward, the contact 130 located inside the bent portion 102 moves relatively rearward along the lower side of the restricting piece 100, and the cover 90 moves the rotating shaft 126 together with it. Rotate upward to the center and begin to open.

  Thirdly, when the user continues to pull the upper container 72 forward, the contact 130 of the cover 90 moves further rearward along the lower part of the restriction piece 100 as shown in FIG. At this time, since the restriction piece 100 is upward as it goes rearward (that is, downward as it goes forward), the contact 130 moves upward and the cover 90 opens more. When the contact 130 moves between the regulating piece 100 and the linear cam 94, the contact 130 may slide on the upper surface of the linear cam 94 or the lower surface of the regulating piece 100 depending on how the upper container 72 is pulled out. To do. That is, a portion where the contact 130 is present is a space between the regulating piece 100 and the linear cam 94.

  Fourth, when the user pulls the upper container 72 forward most, the contact 130 of the cover 90 passes the rear end of the restriction piece 100 as shown in FIG. It falls on the moving cam 94. The contact 130 of the cover 90 moves backward on the linear cam 94. Further, before the contact 130 reaches the flange portion 96 from the rear end portion of the linear cam 94, a protrusion is provided at the rear end portion of the rail protrusion 120 so that the upper container 72 cannot be pulled out. ing.

  Further, the right contact surface 130 of the upper container 72 also moves in the same manner as the left side by the linear motion cam 110 and the restriction piece 116. However, since the rear end portion of the restriction piece 116 is shorter than the left restriction piece 100, most of the movement moves on the right-hand linear cam 110.

  When the user stores the upper container 72, the contact 130 moves forward opposite to the above.

  Thereby, the upper container 72 can be pulled out and stored while the cover 90 is smoothly opened and closed.

(5) When a foreign object is caught between the upper container 72 and the cover 90 Next, a case where a foreign object such as a finger is caught between the front surface 80 of the upper container 72 and the cover 90 will be described with reference to FIGS. .

  As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, since the space 104 is provided between the bent portion 102 of the restricting piece 100 and the linear motion cam 94, the user touches the tip of the follower arm 128 of the cover 90. The child 130 is moved forward through the space 104. Further, as shown in FIG. 15, since the cover 90 can be rotated upward, the user can easily remove the foreign matter. In particular, since the step piece 114 is provided continuously from the front end portion of the linear motion cam 94, the space 104 is wider and the contact 130 is easily pulled out.

(6) When the door 14b is closed vigorously Next, the upper container 72 and the cover 90 when the user closes the door 14b vigorously will be described with reference to FIGS.

  When the user closes the door 14b with the upper container 72 pulled out forward, the rear surface of the door pocket 44 hits the front surface 80 of the upper container 72, and the upper container 72 is pushed backward vigorously. At this time, the contact 130 is located between the linear cam 94 and the restriction piece 100, but when the restriction piece 100 moves rearward, the contact 130 is also moved by the bent portion 102 at the front end of the restriction piece 100. As the upper container 72 moves, the cover 90 moves rearward and closes vigorously, so that the lower end of the cover 90 does not cover the door pocket 44 as in the prior art.

(7) State when Attaching Cover 90 A case where the cover 90 is attached will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 12.

  First, the user attaches the pair of left and right rotating shafts 126 of the cover 90 to the pair of left and right support arm portions 71 of the ceiling surface 58.

  Second, as shown in FIG. 19, the user turns the cover 90 to the uppermost position around the rotation shaft 126. In this case, the contact 130 is placed on the restriction piece 100.

  Third, when the user pulls the upper container 72 forward, even if the contact 130 is positioned on the restriction piece 100, the contact 130 moves from the rear end of the restriction piece 100 to the top of the linear motion cam 94. As shown in FIG. 12, the contact 130 moves to the normal position.

  Fourth, when the user moves the upper container 72 backward again, the cover 90 closes in a normal state.

(8) Effect According to the above embodiment, since the glass plate 70 is provided inside the frame member 68 of the cover 90, the feel and sound when the cover 90 is opened and closed becomes heavy, and the operability is improved.

  Further, the user can visually recognize the inside of the chilled chamber 42 through the glass plate 124 of the cover 90 and the glass plate 70 of the ceiling surface 58.

  Further, since the frame member 122 is made of synthetic resin and the glass plate 124 is tempered glass, the closing plate 132 of the cover 90 is hardly damaged.

  Further, since the glass plate 124 is integrally formed with the frame member 122 and the outer edge portion of the glass plate 124 is covered with the inner edge portion of the frame member 122, the glass plate 124 cannot be removed.

  Further, since the pair of left and right follower arm portions 128 project rearward from both sides of the closing plate 132, the closing plate 132 does not bend.

  Further, since the glass plate 124 of the cover 90 is higher in transparency than the glass plate 70 of the ceiling surface 58, the user can easily see food through the glass plate 124.

  Further, since the glass plate 124 of the cover 90 is formed thinner than the glass plate 70 of the ceiling surface 58, the cover 90 is light and the user can easily pull out the upper container 72.

(9) Modification Example In the above embodiment, the glass plate 124 and the glass plate 70 are transparent. Instead, when the doors 14a and 14b are made of glass having a color or a pattern, The same glass color or pattern may be used. For example, when the doors 14a and 14b are made of glass panels, if the glass plate 124 and the glass plate 70 are made of the same color or pattern as the glass panels, the design is unified.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the glass plate 124 of the cover 90 was comprised thinner than the glass plate 70 of the ceiling surface 58, when it thickens conversely, intensity | strength will become high and it will become difficult to break.

  In the above embodiment, the glass plate 124 of the cover 90 is higher in transparency than the glass plate 70 of the ceiling surface 58. And although it formed thinly, you may form the glass plate 124 of the cover 90, and the glass plate 70 of the ceiling surface 58 with the same glass material. Further, the glass plate 124 of the cover 90 may be cut or processed to change the thickness of the glass plate 124 of the cover 90 to the thickness of the glass plate 70 of the ceiling surface 58, or to increase transparency.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the frame member 122 and the glass plate 124 were integrally molded, you may make it the structure which inserts the glass plate 124 in the frame member 122 instead of this.

  In the above embodiment, the upper and lower two-stage upper and lower containers 72 and 74 are arranged inside the chilled chamber 42. Instead, only one chilled container is provided, and this chilled container is provided with the upper container of the above embodiment. A structure similar to that of the container 72 may be provided.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Refrigerator, 14 ... Cold room, 14a, b ... Door, 42 ... Chilled room, 44 ... Door pocket, 58 ... Ceiling surface, 70 ... Glass plate, 71 ... support arm part, 72 upper container, 746 ... left side, 90 ... cover, 92 ... left bulging part, 94 ... linear motion cam, 98 ... step piece, 100 ··· Restricting piece, 102 ··· Bending portion, ··· 104 ··· Space, ·························································································・ Contact

Claims (9)

A chilled room,
A container arranged in the chilled room so as to be movable in the front-rear direction;
A cover disposed at the front end of the ceiling plate of the chilled chamber, and covering at least the front upper side of the container;
Have
The cover has a closing plate including a frame member and a glass plate provided in the frame member.
refrigerator. The storage room including the chilled room includes a door,
The closing plate is the same color as the door color, or the same pattern as the door pattern,
The refrigerator according to claim 1. The ceiling surface of the chilled chamber includes a glass plate,
The refrigerator according to claim 1. The glass plate of the cover is transparent and has higher transparency than the glass plate of the ceiling surface of the chilled chamber,
The refrigerator according to claim 3. The glass plate of the cover is thinner than the glass plate of the ceiling surface of the chilled chamber,
The refrigerator according to claim 3. The glass plate of the cover is thicker than the glass plate of the ceiling surface of the chilled chamber,
The refrigerator according to claim 3. The glass plate of the cover and the glass plate of the ceiling surface of the chilled chamber contain the same glass material,
The refrigerator according to claim 3. A pair of left and right arms protrudes backward from both sides of the closing plate,
The refrigerator in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 7. The inner edge of the frame member covers the outer edge of the glass plate over the entire circumference,
The refrigerator according to any one of claims 1 to 8.

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